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• It was a little eery to be walking along on the beach at night and see the girl out on the waves, her eyes piercing his soul and drawing such a pain out of the depths of his being that he thought he may possibly be dead already. His tongue peeked out between his thin lips, running over them briefly as he let out a low breath before he drew back and swallowed, shaking his head. He had to be dreaming here, there was no question about that...the angel on the waves wasn't his - his angel was back where she belonged now instead of staying on this foul earth where he was. Running a hand over his head, he took a few steps closer to the water, eyes focused on her. Whoever she was, didn't she know it wasn't a good idea to be out on the waves at this time of night by yourself? Not only that, but with all the stuff going on over seas, the tsnaumi's and crap, the waves were volatile and hard to guage.... (NT) -- Zee, 09:55:57 12/31/04 Fri

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• So engrossed in the moment and the much-desired calming effect that the atmosphere was having on her, it took her a good long while before she noticed the figure on the beach. She could tell that he - though she wasn't completely certain that it was a male, she correctly assumed - was facing her, but nothing else. She toyed with the idea of waving, or calling out, but decided against it for the time being, and so just sat there. So still and silent - the wispy light of the moon providing her with a halo that she undoubtably didn't deserve - she truly could have been an apparition. Her dark hair fell in damp waves around her shoulders and her hands rested on her neoprene-covered knees, back straightened in correct posture. (NT) -- Reilly, 10:11:24 12/31/04 Fri

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• He ran his hand through his hair nervously once again before he finally frowned and took another step forward. "Hey!" He called out, his brow furrowed heavily as he kept his eyes on her, though occasionally they would flutter out to the waves behind her almost nervously. She was wearing a wetsuit, so she seemed to have some experience but so had....he shook his head, refusing to give the thoughts any play, instead he just cleared his throat, calling out to her again. "Hey!" (NT) -- Zee, 10:19:51 12/31/04 Fri

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• "Hey!" She called back after his second attempt reached her ears - but the way she drew out the word and the light-hearted tone to her voice was much less serious than his. She had heard all the stories and knew what could happen out there, but the way she figured it - she was being comfortably safe, and if something were to happen, then it was just meant to be. There was little in life that she feared - dying included, which wasn't to say that she didn't want to live to be old and gray and wrinkled, but she just refused to live her life in constant paranoia. She did paddled half-heartedly in his direction though, more out of curiousity than anything. (NT) -- Reilly, 10:24:31 12/31/04 Fri

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• He frowned, his arms crossed over his chest as she came nearer, trying desperately not to notice the striking similiarities between this girl and the lost love of his life. "Don't you watch the news? It's a wicked bad time to be out on the waves." He frowned again, shifting to run his hand down his face. "Especially by yourself, some kind of rookie or something?" He was a little harsh, yes, but he just was protective, even if he didn't know the girl. (NT) -- Zee, 10:29:47 12/31/04 Fri

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• Once she got far enough in that her toes brushed the sand, she shifted off to stand - though extremely well-worn, the board was of high-quality and was obviously well-loved, evidence that she was a good deal more than an unskilled beginner. Her board tucked under one arm as she made her way up the beach towards him, she didn't speak until she was close enough that she no longer had to raise her voice. "I watch the news, but it's pretty tame out there." It was a bold matter-of-fact statement, not rude in the least bit, but far from timid. Of course, she knew that things could change in an instant, but again - what will be, will be. (NT) -- Reilly, 10:44:33 12/31/04 Fri

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• "For right now, it was calm before a tidal wave hit the coast too." He grumped lightly, he could tell he hadn't meditated in days, he was just all sorts of tense. His eyes travelled over her, finding her features to be almost eery in the way that the struck a chord in his heart. "I haven't seen you around here before." So he changed moods quickly, thats just who he was. He had such a irratic personality that it was impossible to judge when he would switch moods. (NT) -- Zee, 11:03:46 12/31/04 Fri

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• "Calm and quiet because no one was warned of the situation because they don't have the money to have the technology that we do." She pointed out with a slightly cocked brow, and then shrugged a little, setting down her board by where her things - purse and car keys as well as some clothing - were trustingly laid out on the sand and pulling on a grey zip-up hoodie over her damp torso. "I've been gone for a couple years." She never really knew what to say. Technically this place was her home, but had never felt as much like home as her cramped dorm room in Australia. (NT) -- Reilly, 11:12:55 12/31/04 Fri

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• He rolled his eyes, shaking his head. "If that was the case then we could have warned them, we didn't know either." He shifted a bit, his brow furrowed a touch. "Your going to catch pneumonia out here like that." He really honestly wasn't trying to be a nag or anything, he was just immediatly naturally protective of this girl who looked so much like the woman who had captured his heart so many years ago. His brow furrowed a bit as he shifted out of his jacket, handing it over to her. She was wet, she needed more warmth then the jacket, wet suit or not. (NT) -- Zee, 09:16:47 01/02/05 Sun

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• Her lips pursed a little at his actions, but she accepted his jacket with only the slight roll of her eyes. "Thanks ma'." She wasn't typically the type to make a fuss about something like being a little cold, but the fact of the matter was that it was winter and quite cool that evening - especially with the sharp breeze blowing up off the otherwise quiet and still ocean, and she was all damp and chilled, and he was offering... "So, you have interrupted my fine evening to inform me that I am going to drown, and then I am going to get pneumonia, and I don't even get a name?" (NT) -- Reilly, 09:23:32 01/02/05 Sun

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• "Zachary Marchino." He stated softly, his eyes drinking in her features as subtley as he possibly could before he remembered his manners, well somewhat remembered them. "Whats your name?" He tore his gaze away from the beautiful apparition that was her face and instead eyed her board and her belongings for a moment - trying to calm his rampant heartbeat. Sometimes, he missed his love more then he actually desired to live. Sure, he had a few distractions from a few women in the time since she had been gone, but no one had affected him in any great amount... (NT) -- Zee, 09:26:28 01/02/05 Sun

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• "Cute." She was one of those people who would take weeks to name her children because she was so picky about names and how they sounded and the meaning or intent behind them - it was just important to her. Names were a major part of first impressions and she always thought that something with a strong sound could invoke powerful feelings, or a soft name and timid feelings. "Reilly Holden." Her name, in her opinion, was quite fitting to her at times, but not so at others - but all in all she had come to the conclusion that her parents had done alright. (NT) -- Reilly, 09:32:38 01/02/05 Sun

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• "I actually go by just Zee most of the time. Never Zach." He stated almost absently, his eyes travelling up her form. "Did you drive here? I mean, you probably did cuz it would be kind of silly to carry your board all the way here in the winter, but since you did drive here,you should probably head to your car to get warmed up so you don't catch a chill." He let out a breath, raking his hands through his mussed hair - tattoo's on both arms fully evident as his jacket was gone and he was just wearing a tight, graphic tee now. What was it about this girl that made him babble on like an idiot? (NT) -- Zee, 09:39:30 01/02/05 Sun

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• "I like Zee better." She informed him with a slight shrug - Zach was much less original. At his suggestion, both brows raised a little and she shook her head in disbelief, fine but full lips pursed ever-so-slightly into something of an uncertain pout and both arms crossed under the masked subtle swell of her chest. "You are unbelievable. Drag me out of the water, tell me I'm going to get sick, and then send me on my merry way? I didn't come here to sit in my warm car, you know, and I didn't come here to go back home twenty minutes later." (NT) -- Reilly, 09:47:00 01/02/05 Sun

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• "So...you can come get in my car, get warmed up there, change real quick and I will even buy you a cup of coffee to make sure that you don't catch pneumonia." Was he asking her out? No..no he couldn't be, he was just concerned for her welfare that was all. Just a helpful, well meaning citizen, no one would read more into it then that. No one should, at least and if they did, well they were just crazy. Once again his hand brushed back his hair as he offered a charming smile. "I like Reilly...good name." (NT) -- Zee, 09:50:52 01/02/05 Sun

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• Her fine features broke into an amused grin at that and shook her head slowly, a soft, almost incredulous laugh escaping her, but she did crouch down to gather up her things. "And now you want me to strip in your car? You really are something else." Coffee didn't sound so bad though, and she figured he atleast owed her cup, and it was definitely preferable to going home - unless of course he was some whacked maniac, but the chance of that was so small... "Thanks. I like it." (NT) -- Reilly, 09:56:43 01/02/05 Sun

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• He shifted to lean down and puck up her board for her, offering a boyish grin as he shrugged."I'll close my eyes, scouts honor." He winked lightly, leading the way over to his car which was up the beach a bit, silent before he spoke again a few steps farther down the beach. "So, how long you been surfing?" He cocked a brow questioningly, so interested in getting to know this girl better that he hardly knew what to do with himself. He needed to meditate or something to get his mind focused, to get his Tao, his direction back in order... (NT) -- Zee, 10:03:50 01/02/05 Sun

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• "Mmm, both eyes shut with one eye open, right?" She teased with another quiet laugh and a good-natured wink as she glanced over at him, then was silent as well until his question - not because she wasn't conversational, but simply because sometimes she was just so content in silence. "Um, a little bit here and there growing up, but nothing serious till I went to Australia." And then she had been all about the surfing - every morning as long as the weather was permitting. She wasn't pro-quality, of course, and had no desires to be, but she could hold her own, and most importantly - enjoyed it. "So, pretty much daily for just over two years." (NT) -- Reilly, 10:09:36 01/02/05 Sun

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• He nodded a bit at that, thoughtful. "My cousin, he's on the pro-circuit, him and his girlfriend just got back from Australia, they loved it there." He shrugged a bit, he'd been there once or twice, he's spent a lot of his time travelling over the past couple of years. "It's a great hobby..." He smiled a bit, tilting his head. It had been his life for a long time, but it felt like a lifetime ago since he had been out on those waves...."The car isn't to much farther." His words assured her, her board tucked under his arm. (NT) -- Zee, 10:15:12 01/02/05 Sun

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• "Nice... Yeah, it's a great place." She loved it there too - more than anywhere else at this moment in time, actually. Sighing a little mournfully, she was silent for only a brief moment before breaking another teasing smile, a brow cocking as she glanced to him. "Oh good. These long hikes to and from the car are almost too much for me." She was just giving him a rough time really - too long had she been on her best behavior for the family, so had to get all the snide remarks and teasing out of her system before she had to head back home and act like a lady. (NT) -- Reilly, 10:19:39 01/02/05 Sun

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• He made a face, shaking his head at her briefly. "Awfully snarky, aren't we?" He teased right back, shifting to gently place a hand on the small of her back to guide her to the parking lot he was in. "For real though, surfing by yourself at night especially? Thats a major faux-pas." His eyes shifted to gaze at her discreetly, anything could happen and if no one was there to help you...well you were helpless. (NT) -- Zee, 10:32:32 01/02/05 Sun

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• "Sorry. Gotta get it all out." She explained genuinely apologetically and with a sheepish shrug and then rolled her eyes slightly at his gentle scolding, wordlessly allowing him to guide her in the direction of his car. Hers was one lot down but she wasn't concerned about leaving it here for a while - it wouldn't be worth much to anyone but herself, and there was nothing of value inside. "Yeah, yeah, I know. But I was hardly surfing, and given my options, it seemed like the best choice." (NT) -- Reilly, 10:35:57 01/02/05 Sun